Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #7595: Point slope form - Point Slope Form Exercises Bad Formatting
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-02 18:36:46+00:00
State: open
Labels: chrome, other, snowleo

In the Point Slope Form Exercise, when inputting the answers, many times things like y = 4 - (-2x) are the answer. This should be fixed so that it is clearer to the student that y = 4+2 x is more accurate/common. Two negatives make a positive and that's standard notation in math.

[point_slope_form.html?seed=87&problem=y-as-function-of-x](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/point_slope_form.html?seed=87&problem=y-as-function-of-x&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/point_slope_form.html?seed=87&problem=y-as-function-of-x&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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